diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/dev-install/dev-install-0.0.1-r459.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/dev-install/dev-install-0.0.1-r459.ebuild
index 3ac5908131..017dc1246e 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/dev-install/dev-install-0.0.1-r459.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/dev-install/dev-install-0.0.1-r459.ebuild
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ IUSE="cros-debug"
 DEPEND="app-arch/tar
 	sys-apps/coreutils
 	sys-apps/grep
+	dev-util/strace
 	sys-apps/portage
 	sys-apps/sed"
 # TODO(arkaitzr): remove dependency on tar if it's gonna be removed from the